Younger Set Group Joins In Theater Party On Rainy Day
A rainy Saturday plan brings The Eleven Hoboes club members to Miss Marcia Kensinger home after a cinema outing for refreshments. The group includes Dorothy Batchelder Ruth Knight Bonnie McGregor Catharine Miller Betty Ann Erickson Caroline Engel Jean Fairney Ruthe Hardiman Jean Thompson and Jean Elder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Kensinger
E. Kensinger
B Avenue NE
Eleven Hoboes
Dorothy Batchelder
Ruth Knight
Bonnie McGregor
Catharine Miller
Betty Ann Erickson
Caroline Engel
Jean Fairney
Ruthe Hardiman
Jean Thompson
Jean Elder
Garden Show Goes Ahead Despite Rain in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Garden club members will hold the show at Bruce More and continue garden tours Saturday afternoon and Sunday despite forecast rain. Show chairmen urge attendees to wear low heeled shoes and plan for the planned weekend event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Aga-Tih Camp Fire Dance Set At Coe College
Aga Tih the Camp Fire older girls group hosts its first annual spring dance Saturday from 8 30 to 11 30 p m in the Coe college recreation room Decorations will be blue and silver with blue balloons Chaperons include Mr and Mrs F L Bakerney Miss Evelyn Fawcett John Parlis and Miss Verna Hanold Patrons and patronesses are Mr and Mrs J A Yessler Mr and Mrs A J Anderson Mrs Wells C Peck and Mr and Mrs H Steele Tickets may be bought at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire
Coe College
F. L. Bakerney
Evelyn Fawcett
John Parlis
Verna Hanold
J. A. Yessler
A. J. Anderson
Wells C. Peck
H. Steele
Pythian Sisters Meet at Winter Temple School Event
Winter temple No. 78 Pythian Sisters held a Thursday school of instruction led by Grinnell district deputy Mrs. Ida McNally with Center Point temple officers attending. A luncheon honored McNally. attendees included Leah Blatchley of Maquoketa and many temple members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Temple No. 78
Ida McNally
Grinnell
Center Point Temple
McNally
Bessie Galbraith
Ella Frear
Matilda Popenhagen
Emma Zbanek
Adelaide Oakley
Ian Torrence
Edith Fullerton
Leah Blatchley
Maquoketa
Iowa
Maquoketa Temple
Martelle
Mount Vernon
Iowa City
Belle Plaine
Helen Leeks
Freeport
Ill
Dorothy Johnson
Alta Roberton
E. S
Beatrice Readies
Edna Cook
Opha Raper
Viola Kopecky
Esther Harger
Bessie Stolba
Charles Stolba
Ph. C
Effie Parsons
P. G C
Bertha Buffington
Mrs. McNally
Miss Blatchley
Julia Yearich
Bess Pohorsky
Susan Griffith
Jorgensen
Sixth Street
Junior Hadassah Elects Officers at Meeting
Selma Berg was elected president of Junior Hadassah at a Thursday evening session in the J. P. L. club room. Other officers include Sara Slutsky as vice president Harriet Gilman as secretary and Ethel Berg as treasurer. Marian Krinitznik chaired the nominating committee. The group discussed the annual May dance at the Roosevelt hotel on May 29. Helen Roth, the president, led the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma Berg
Hadassah
Sara Slutsky
Harriet Gilman
Ethel Berg
Marian Krinitznik
Roosevelt Hotel
Helen Roth
Miss Phillips Hostess at Galloping Breakfast
Miss Mildred Phillips of 601 Cob Bancourt SE entertained at a galloping breakfast Tuesday morning. Present were Mesdames Jessie Kirk Mary Denisthorpe Leona Weiderkehn Harriett Spencer Mary Lee Myrtle Shelton Edna Schleder Maxine Poole Mollie Noeller Opal Preston Lelacs Omar Bessie Shelton Arlene Phillips Virginia Morgan Louise Hoffman Edith Stone Ida Overmeyer and Miss Hazel Noeller Iris Overmeyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Phillips
Cobbancourt SE
Jessie Kirk
Mary Denisthorpe
Leona Weiderkehn
Harriett Spencer
Mary Lee
Myrtle Shelton
Edna Schleder
Maxine Poole
Mollie Noeller
Opal Preston
Lelacs Omar and_ Ralph
Bessie Shelton
Arlene Phillips
Virginia Morgan
Louise Hoffman
Edith Stone
Ida Overmeyer
Hazel Noeller
Iris Overmeyer
Coe College Names Junior Prom Queen Dorothea Dolson
Dorothea Dolson daughter of Dr and Mrs L L Dolson of 2247 Meadowbrook drive SE and a member of Chi Omega was presented as Junior Prom queen at Coe College's annual prom at Danceland Friday evening. Robert I as president of the junior class announced her after the grand march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea Dolson
L. L. Dolson
Meadowbrook Drive
Chi Omega Social Sorority
Coe College
Danceland
Dolson
Robert I
Ruth Sanders to wed H B Hook in Cedar Rapids
Ruth Sanders daughter of Mr and Mrs L S Sanders of Mason City will marry H B Hook of Mason City son of Mr and Mrs B H Hook of Grundy Center Saturday evening at Central Park Presbyterian Cedar Rapids with Rev C H Hook officiating The bride’s sister in law and brother in law will attend The couple plan a ten day southern state trip and then reside in Mason City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Sanders
L. S Sanders
Mason City
H B. Hook
B .H. Hook
Grundy Center
Cedar Rapids
C H. Hook
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Margaret Patton
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Paul Hook
University of Iowa
Miss Sanders
Pi Beta Phi
Iowa State College
Ames
Hook
Delta Upsilon Social Fraternity
Sigma Delta Chi
Greenbergs to Have Open House Sunday
Mr and Mrs Harry Greenberg invite guests to an open house Sunday from 2 to 6 pm at 706 First Street SW honoring their daughter Mrs M Appel and Mr Appel of New York City. Mrs Appel, formerly Esther Greenberg, was married in New York City April 30 and will stay in the city with Mr Appel until May 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Greenberg
First Street
M. Appel
Appel
New York City
Esther Greenberg
City
City Briefs and Personals Summary
Local items report a fried chicken dinner ad at Lighthouse Mount Vernon road, visiting Chicago couple at Mr Martins home, and patients and crime notes. A man from Marion was fined for intoxication, a Waterloo couple wed, car theft and purse loss logged, bird club breakfast near Paris, and Church of Our Lady of Grace services listed with deaf access.
Hotel incident and local election filings in Cedar Rapids
A man at a Cedar Rapids hotel attempted to strike the manager after being ordered to leave for his condition. Thanksgiving services will be held by B K Brucelodge Odd Fellows at Bethel A M E church. Cigar set fire to a curtain in O R C barber shop at 106 First Ave E. fire quickly extinguished as fire trucks passed heavy Saturday traffic. Fred J Witousek of 1550 Fifth Ave SE filed as Republican candidate for Linn County supervisor in the June 6 primaries. lifelong Cedar Rapids resident focusing on property and investment interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. K. Brucelodge
Grand Union Order of Odd Fellows
Bethel A. M. E
L. M. Bragg
P. Caulder
C. Dorsey
C. F. Conway
O.R C
First Avenue E
Charles Jadrnicek
Fred J. Witousek
Fifth Avenue SE
Linn County
Witousek
Cedar Rapids
Woman suffers broken hip in fall at home
Mrs. H. Shipe, 63, of 818 Tenth street SW, fractured her left hip Friday evening in a fall at her residence. She was taken by ambulance to St. Luke's hospital for X rays and then transferred to University hospital in Iowa City for further care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Shipe
Tenth Street
St. Luke's Hospital
University Hospital
Iowa City
Foot Is Injured at Power Plant by Falling Pusher
Don O'Brien 23 of 1235 Fourth Avenue SE suffered a right toe injury when a feeding pusher at the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company automatic stoker fell on his toes Saturday at about 1 15 am. He was taken to St Luke's Hospital for treatment. Revealed Nature of God. Dr A L Murray spoke at Sunshine Mission Friday night and will deliver closing talks Saturday and Sunday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don O’brien
Fourth Avenue SE
Iowa
Jesus Christ
Sebower
A. L. Murray
Sunshine Mission
Bird Lovers Name State Officers At Iowa Ornithologists Union
Judge A O Thomas of Rock Rapids was named president for the ensuing year at the Iowa Ornithologist Union convention in Des Moines Hotel Montrose. Lillian Serbousek Cedar Rapids was named vice president. Kate LaMar Des Moines re elected secretary treasurer. J Wilbur Dole Fairfield E A Hemsley Dubuque B O Walden Estherville elected to the executive council. Spirit Lake selected for the 1939 convention. Over 150 attended the banquet. Dr George Tonkin Des Moines US Biological Survey spoke on conservation and four film reels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O Thomas
Rock Rapids
Iowa Ornithologist Union
Hotel Montrose
Iowa
Lillian Serbousek
Cedar Rapids
Kate LaMar
Des Moines
J. Wilbur Dole
Fairfield
E A Hemsley
Dubuque
B. O. Walden
Estherville
Fred Pierce
Winthrop
Iowa Bird Life
Union
Spirit Lake
George Tonkin
U. S. Biological Survey
Towa
Tonkin
Amana
Coe College
W. G. MacMartin
Tama
G. M. Riley
Iowa University
M. L. Grant
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
South Sea Islands
C. C. Flodin
Mary Price Roberts
F. L. Roberts
W. N. Keck
The
Ornithologist Union
Keosauqua
Owa
Births in Mercy Hospital Reported for Three Families
A son was born May 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dunn of 812 Fourth Avenue SE. A daughter was born May 6 to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Freeman of 110 Fourth Avenue SW. An eight pound daughter was born May 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Burdick of 277 Twentieth Avenue EN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Dunn
Fourth Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Floyd Freeman
Fourth Avenue SW
Charles S. Burdick
Twentieth Avenue EN
Anne Adams Pattern 4803 Promises Summer Wardrobe Wins
Anne Adams presents pattern 4803 a budget friendly dress with gathered sleeves inverted pleat panelled bodice and two contrasting bows. pattern available in misses and women's sizes 14 to 42 with fabric and ribbon requirements. order by mail from The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department New York for 15 cents or 25 cents with the book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaia
Anne Adams
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York
N. Y
Film Exhibitors Back Stars In Pay Debate
The Allied States Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors defended film stars against Independent Theater Owners claims of high salaries. It blamed block booking and blind selling for exhibitors’ troubles and urged legislation to curb these practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Allied States Association of Motion Picture
Independent Theater Owners Association, Inc
New York
Allied States Association
Young Democrats Name Convention Delegates Named
Linn county Young Democrats elected nineteen delegates to the state convention in Sioux City on May 16. Named are Raymond Coward Ross Morton Frank McCarthy Delores Fagan Robert Maddigan Doris Lankau John Brady Willard Street Reva Hutchinson Thomas Brady Eleanor Brady Anna Mae Melsa Charlotte Hubbard Marvin Prochaska Robert F Milota Agnes Anderle Harold Soper Irene Besta Glenn Bowdish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
New Zealand Debs Docked for Talking to Press
Two New Zealand debutantes who spoke to newspapers were rebuked by the British royal court. Their invitations to a forthcoming court function and presentation to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were withdrawn by the lord chamberlain for giving interviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INL
New Zealand
Britain
Royal Court
George VI
Cedar Falls Woman Heads OWA AAUW at Ninth Biennial Meet
Mrs S H Hart of Cedar Falls was elected president of the Iowa division of the American Association of University Women at the closing business session of the ninth biennial convention held Saturday forenoon at Hotel Montrose. Officers include Mrs George R Fowler Ames first vice president and others. bylaws changes shift the first vice presidency to five education coordinators and require the president to come from the state executive board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Hart
Cedar Falls
Iowa
American Association’of University Women
Hotel
Montrose
George R Fowler
Ames
LaVerne Hull
Waverly
Eleanor McLaughlin
Mason City
John R. Battin
Cedar Rapids
Ethel Martin
H. K. Painter
Minneapolis
Northwest Central Section
Bruce Flick
Des Moines
A. H. Fuller
Funeral Services For Mrs Harris Set Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs Gertrude Lynne Harris wife of S N Harris Coe college business manager will be held in the Turner chapel at 2 30 p m Sunday Dr Robert Little of the First Presbyterian church and Dr William M Evans will officiate Burial will be in Dousman Wis where the body will be taken for further services and burial Mrs Harris died Thursday after an illness of four years She had been active in study clubs and church circles in Cedar Rapids where she had lived since 1906 Friends may call at the Turner chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Lynne Harris
S. N. Harris
Coe College
Turner Chapel
Robert Little
First Presbyterian Church
William M. Evans
Dousman
Wis
Harris
Deaths Mrs Pisarik's Funeral Details
Funeral services for Mrs Barabara Pisarik will be held at her home 1420 C Street SW at 8 30 a m Monday and at 9 in St Wen ceslaus church conducted by Rev Father August Vojacek with assist from Rev Fathers Syrovy and Chihak Burial will be in St Johns cemetery Pallbearers listed Friends may call Kuba funeral home Saturday and until 4 p m Sunday then at the home St Anne lodge to recite the rosary at the church at 7 p m Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Savel
Kuba
St. Anne Lodge
Funeral services for Mrs Nora Powers Lilly
Funeral services for Mrs Nora Powers Lilly will be held at 9 am Monday in St Patrick's church conducted by Rev D J Lenihan. Burial will be in Mount Calvary cemetery. The Rosary will be recited by Father Lenihan at the Brady mortuary at 7 30 pm Sunday and the Catholic Order of Foresters No 727 Sacred Heart court will recite the Rosary at 4 pm Sunday at the mortuary where friends may call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilly
Nora Powers Lilly
St. Patrick's Church
D. J. Lenihan
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Father Lenihan
Brady Mortuary
Catholic Order of Foresters
Sacred Heart Court
Funeral services for Mrs Helen E Barlow in Palo Cemetery
Mrs Helen E Barlow died in San Diego California May 2. Funeral services will be held at 4 p m Sunday in Turner chapel conducted by Rev M O Neubert. Burial will be in Palo Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen E. Barlow
San Diego
Calif
Turner Chapel
M. O. Neubert
Palo Cemetery
Renwick A Wisely 66 Dies After Long Illness
Renwick A Wisely died at his Cedar Rapids home at 11:50 am after a long illness. Born September 3, 1871 in Coulterville Illinois, he lived in Cedar Rapids 29 years and worked as a locomotive fireman for Rock Island and Great Northern railroads. Survived by wife Millie, five children Lucille Everett Elinor James Gale all of Cedar Rapids, three brothers John Roy Ellsey and two sisters Mary Sturdivant and Jennie Bannister. Funeral in Beatty chapel with burial in Linwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renwick
Twenty-second Avenue
Coulterville
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Great Northern
Millie
Lucille
Everett
Elinor
James
Gale
John
Oakdale
Roy
Camp Baldy
Calif
Ellsey
Mary Sturdivant
Jennie Bannister
Miles City
Mont
B. of L. F
Beatty Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
Hull Opposes Lifting Arms Embargo on Spain
Secretary of State Hull plans to tell Congress it is against U S interests to lift the arms embargo on Spain. He opposes changing the neutrality act amid a strong Spanish loyalist push in congress. The message, to be relayed to President Roosevelt, will reach lawmakers next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Germany
Britain
America
Hull
Congress
United States
Spain
International
Nye
Roosevelt
Penalties Eased for Overplanting Soil Depleting Crops
Secretary Wallace trimmed penalties in the soil conservation phase of the farm program. Wheat growers will be paid 12 cents per bushel on normal production, with 60 cents per bushel deducted for overplanting. In surplus regions, small grains and soybeans get about 1.25 dollars per acre, with 6 dollars in deductions per excess acre.
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Washington
Wallace
AAA
Middle West
Arkansas
Montana
Colorado
New, Mexico
California
Linn County Music Festival Tomorrow at Memorial Building
More than 800 rural and grade pupils from Linn county schools will participate in the annual Linn County Music festival at the Memorial building in Cedar Rapids tomorrow from 1 to 5 pm. The program includes instrumental and choral numbers and is open to the public without charge. Dr. Charles A. Fullerton of Iowa State Teachers college will direct the rural and grade school chorus, with all county mass band directors Howard Ellson Roy M. Sawyer Roy T. Schwab Frank L. Whaley Lacene Driscoll and Charles Bezeny guiding the musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Memorial Building
Cedar Rapids
Linn County School Masters Club
Charles A. Fullerton
Iowa State Teachers College
All County Mass Band
Howard Ellson
Roy M. Sawyer
Roy T. Schwab
Frank L.whaley
Laceone Driscoll
Charles Bezeny
District court civil filings rise in May term pace
May term district court filings closed Friday with eighty three new cases in Edwin W. Lundquist’s office. Most are law actions led by Edward Ilten seeking 20345 dollars, alleging a car loaned by Fay L. Young caused a collision near Cedar Rapids injuring his knee. Milwaukee railroad figures in two suits, with damages claimed for car and injury, while Providence Insurance seeks 33.98 dollars in a cargo damage claim. Divorce actions cite cruel and inhuman treatment involving Beatrice Gibson and Virginia Butters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Edwin W. Lundquist
Edward Ilten
A. Winter
Richard Ford
Fay L. Young
Ilten
Ford
Young
Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee Railroad
Robert Smahel
Milwaukee
Third Street
Ninth Avenue SE
Leonard Benish
Smahel
Providence Washington Insurance Company of
Providence
R. 1
Lloyd Alexander
Schall
Candy Company
Alexander
Bowling Street
Milton Penn
Boris Smoler and Sons, Inc
Chicago
Vlasta Hradek
Penn
Smolet
Johnson Avenue NW
Joseph Hradek
Peter Fox Brewing Company
Sam Davis
The
Davis Distributing Company
Beatrice. Gibson
Joseph B. Gibson
Virginia Butters
Richard Butters
Galena, II
Traveling art exhibit honors Elaine Healy and Tom Pugsley
Elaine Healy's sepia pencil self portrait and Tom Pugsley's watercolor of houses across from McKinley recreation field were selected for the traveling high school exhibit from 376 Iowa entries. The fifty five mounts will tour Cedar Rapids in late September. Jaine Healy, post graduate at McKinley, and Tom Pugsley, a ninth grade student, are children of local residents. The works were chosen as part of the University of Iowa high school exhibit at Cedar Rapids venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Healy
Tom Pugsley
University of Iowa
Margaret Fredrikson
McKinley’ High School
Cedar Rapids
Jaine
Almont Healy
Forest Drive
McKinley
Tom
S. G.pugsley
Eighteenth Street
Glenn Frank clash over lobby probe sparks press rights row
Rural Progress editor Dr Glenn Frank denounces the Senate lobby committee probe as terror and intimidation of free press. He links presidential access to tax records and IRS visits to political pressure, warning citizens to awaken as a Supreme Court ruling defends a free press. Senator Schwellenbach cuts him off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Glenn Frank
Senate Lobby Committee
Rural Progress
Dr. Frank
Chicago
Republican Program Committee
Roosevelt
Lobby
Senate
Wisconsin University
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Lobby Committee
Frank
Minton
Supreme Court
Schwellenbach
Wash
Wave of Hysteria Blamed for Mass Student Faintings
In Wilmington North Carolina health officials blamed a wave of hysteria for more than 100 high school students fainting after an ROTC dress parade. Nurse Zilphia Daniels reported 100 girls and five boys treated with 65 dismissed. Faintings followed the cadet battalion returning from parade grounds and a girl was slightly injured by a car, with hysteria cited as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
N.C
Zilphia Daniels
Bail set at $1000 for Camp Siegfried operators
In New York a heavily guarded hearing fixed bail at $1000 for five officers of the German American Settlement league, operators of Camp Siegfried at Yaphank, charged with failing to submit the league membership list to the state department as required by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Moses Drake
Suffolk County
Judge buys bicycle to curb repeated thefts in Xenia
In Xenia Ohio Judge George H Smith dealt with a 12 year old boy charged with bicycle theft. The youth appeared six times before the judge who said the boy could not resist riding a bicycle and his parents could not buy one. After five probation sentences the judge collected funds and bought a ten dollar used bicycle for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia, O
George H. Smith
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